The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-06-03
Nay truly be q noble one.


Not to us shall be the Future
Barren of some glorious need:
We will snatch from fieetlnR time,
The riches OF q well-dohe deed.
Glass mates, as we here are gathered
Now TO think OF labours done,
Let us VOW with one another
'Tls mot finished, but begun"
Ihisties tnick, no doubt, are growing
On our future path OF life;
There Is much grief and sorrow
And OF bitterness and strife
Low has ever Care for mother
They were born az twins on earth,
Born as brother unto brother.
Happiness is born OF doing.
Peace and comfort grow from action:
Knowledge OF n well-spent life IA
Rest reward and satisfaction.
Other Comforts are hut shadows
Born TO live but for the day,
This alone Ia everlasting.
Destined to endure for ave.
Shunning shadows let us onward
Seeking eonauests vet unwon:
Ever learn through life this lesson.
iris anot finished. INT begun.1
Fearful. timid, sneaking, aD1ect,
towards wait while others strike,
Dare not fight 'gainst Wrong and Fatsehoo
Dare not strike for Truth and Right,
Sneak their purpose firm and true,
Dare not tight a hoary falsehood
Or disclaim an unripe new
Till they know that profit cometh
"A rewnr,ler ,f the brave.
Till they know they will be paid for
For the little aid they gave.
We will cherish higher motives
Have n nobler. truer aim,
Work for God and mankind only,
Moi for any selfish gain,
pure "a are the thouphts of heaven
Shall our lives be. every one.
Knowing I'm our bitter moments
.IIs .noI finished, but begun"
Every breeze that stirs the forest
Quickening IL to life and motion,
Every river rushing restless
Rushing onward TO the ocean,
Spresding over field and lawn,
Every sleepless star In heaven
looking down from eve till dawn
Every Voice and every silence
Sneak tho self-same thing anew
Preach with tender admonItion,
Work. there's work for us TO do.
Work Of brain and work of muscle,
Boon of boons TO mankind given,
Has its pedestal on earth,
But its summit is in heaven.
Then I'm duties conservation
LET rs onward still and on,
Act the spirit of>our motto,
"r,s Wnot finished but begun"
Downward through the misty future
To that time as yet unborn,
Stands Hateful angel pointing,
Pointing to a roster morn;
Per,ect IN ina new. barn ioy
Hearing in its bosom only
Hanniness without alloy.
Earth. the old and ocean -girdrd,
Ereiohtad with its thousands wears
Erighted with its secret sorrows
with its troubles, tolls and tears
Then nj length shall shrug its shoulders
Shakinv off lis Shameful load,
When the mind and work of mankind
Shall No reconciIed TO God:
ReconciIcd by noble teachers
Whose hiyh kinship we shall own,
And whose work OF true ambition
Ia snot finished but begun"
Lawyers handle tangled business,
Farmers raise their crops OF grain,
Sailors guide their portiy vessels,
Brokers count I'm gold their gam,
And in fiekle CLAW they mould.
Others cbisseI life and beauty
In the marble hard and cold.
noetors air. their queer compoundinRs
Men from death and sickness ward.
Or. as oftener il happens,
Hurry them m their reward.
Teac6ers handle souls Immortal
Moulding living minds of men,
And each snirit nv Them Guided
More H. wrrth than an rthIy gain.
For the impnlse by them given
Goes from father TO the son.
And their work IA thus eternal.
nTis .snot finished INT began"
Teachers, noblest of professions
That are catalogued by men,
Noblest I'm forgotten ages,
Noblest now no less than then, ----
Teacners, leaaers OF inank,nu,
LeauIng tneui iroh wrohk 'o r'snt
menuerly anu lovingly
turning darkness INTO ngnI.
Ieacners were int llo6icst SOULS
biessing ages past.aiu kohe,
Ana they are the hoDiest ohes
LIVING IN our PresenI ONE;
nalIowed DC tnat nopie caiI"g
ny our own intrins.c worm
PRESSING 10 lss nlgnr i9eal
we lts grandeur VIII asse
we Will teacn iusty Inanklu,
10 approacn tnat nlIgnty tnrone,
, where ,he sages stsinu repea.ihe'
lis mot hhisneu' put pekuh'
Friends feiyn would I'm NV farewell
like the a,toeraphers old.
Wisb yn,, days of mimi Yed Measure
Snrroyvs none and lows nn,nld.
But the spirit says too plainly
Al Oh l,.e suaaa MOI Sn s ~ pr Ign h
Partly black and partIv white.
What If life.be gnarled and stunted
As the branches OF the oak;
Mha. ,h TINS b DC once me- Sy SH Srnla
II There he an oaken virtue ~
sound in ali the words you spoke
Then, shall ne'er the knotty branches
nod sne than n IRON ar tine osa
Lies rough scenery upon,
Cherishing our motto ever,
us nor nhisnea out oeeun
Friends our WORK u mere completed
Was !, hiSh and was Il noble
Nobler stiiI may be the new.
And we find II hard at parting ing.
h9s sa ade syorr IN ssnor as so
Causes grief and starts the tear.
Long and fondly We'll remember
Moments here In study spent,
kong re rem ManaI, S, nrnS;d siaSn'
When our souls are graduating
From this course Of dust and time
M May we IN ahS1e rh language
Hear our motto sung by angels
As we come from labours done:
Rise from glory unto glory,
us NOT hnisned' Out peeun :,
President Soaring was then call
upon for few remarks. He thoug
that the class was very Lar
and very strong: 1t was larger than b
ever graduated from any Normal scht
in Wisconsin or Minnesota, except
few classes at the Winona Norm
School. He thought that the class aug
to be represented more fully on t
stage that its ability might be bett
shown. He was in favor OF either
turning to the old plan OF having t
graduates appear on the stage with
says. orations, ETC., or OF having t
class tree exercises more extensive.
congratulated the graduates on being
performed their part.
Rev. Mr.. Hair was called upon al
said that the productions were high
cradita HE and that tbav SMOKE yoIum
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